Unit 6: #3: Protists, Helminths, & Fungi

Living, microscopic, single-celled, eukaryotic, animal-like organisms.

• protists

• bacteria

• viruses

• helminths

a disease spread by Anopheles mosquitoes that are infected by Plasmodium protists.

• malaria

• sleeping sickness/trypmanosoma brucei

• giardia duodenalis

• toxoplasma gondii

It is transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina species), which is found only in sub-Saharan Africa.

• malaria

• sleeping sickness/trypmanosoma brucei

• giardia duodenalis

• toxoplasma gondii

resulting in erratic sleep patterns and coordination problems (deterioration of nervous system.

• malaria

• sleeping sickness/trypmanosoma brucei

• giardia duodenalis

• toxoplasma gondii

Transmission through infected fecal matter (pets, pools)

• malaria

• sleeping sickness/trypmanosoma brucei

• giardia duodenalis

Transmitted by the ingestion of oocysts from cat feces.

• malaria

• sleeping sickness/trypmanosoma brucei

• giardia duodenalis

• toxoplasma gondii

Infection can lead to ocular problems and is also a cause of neonatal infection

• malaria

• sleeping sickness/trypmanosoma brucei

• giardia duodenalis

• toxoplasma gondii

Living, multicellular, eukaryotic worms. Both microscopic and macroscopic varieties exist.

• protists

• bacteria

• viruses

• helminths

includes nematoda, cestoda, and trematoda

• protists

• bacteria

• viruses

• helminths

Life stage of sexual reproduction in helminths

• adult

• larva

• eggs

• cysts